Nardi Steverink (PhD ICS, 1996) is professor of Sociology (Sociology of Health and Well-being) in the social and behavioral sciences at the University of Groningen (rug) and the University Medical Center Groningen (umcg), in the Netherlands. She is also teaching master courses (master sociology of health, well-being, and care) at the Department of Sociology of the University of Groningen. She is member of two Research Schools, the Interuniversity Center for Social science theory and methodology (ics) and the Graduate School for Health Research (share).

For an interview with Nardi about her work and career, see Science Careers.

In her research line "Aging well: social relations, self-regulation, health and well-being"
Nardi Steverink focuses on questions concerning social and behavioral determinants of
health, well-being and quality of life over the life-span, with a special focus on the role
of social needs and self-regulation. The research line "Aging well: social relations, self-
regulation, health and well-being" is being executed at the Department of Sociology and
the ICS and at the Department of Health Psychology of the UMCG. It is also part of the
Interdisciplinary group on Healthy Aging, Population and Society (HAPS)
which is a collaboration between the Departments of Sociology, Demography and Epidemiology.